viiContents
Chapter 1 To My Readers 1
Chapter 2 The Origin of Physics 5
Chapter 3 Ancient Science of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China 11
Chapter 4 Physics of the Ancient Greek Era 23
Chapter 5 The Roots of the Scientific Revolution 37
Chapter 6 Mechanics, Planetary Motion and the Modern 45
Science Revolution
Chapter 7 Poetry Influenced by the Scientific Revolution 67
Chapter 8 The Concept of the Atom, the Atomic Structure 77
of Matter and the Origin of Chemistry
Chapter 9 The Concept of Energy 83
Chapter 10 Thermodynamics and the Atomic and Molecular 89
Structure of Matter
Chapter 11 Electricity and Magnetism 97
Chapter 12 Electromagnetic Radiation and Wave Behaviour 105
Chapter 13 Prelude to Relativity 113
Chapter 14 The Special Theory of Relativity 121